How to prevent mold from coming back OS?

RicardaRacoon · 11 December 2016 at 11:50AM

Morning everyone

I have two spots in my flat where I have problems with mold. Both are under a window where there is no radiator. I have the radiators neares to the spots on high to heat the corner but it doesn't seem to work...
I do everything to keep the humidity in my flat low. I open all the windows two or three times a day for about 5 minutes, don't dry laundry inside, I always use the ventilator when cooking and whenever I shower I close the bathroom door, open the window to let the hot, humid air out and then ran the ventilator so that no humidity goes out into the rest of the flat (bathroom has no mold)

I heat to about 22°C as everything else is too hot for my taste and I also don't want to heat just for the sake of heating... I have a hydrometer and according to it the humidity is well within a "healthy" range for the temperature in the the flat. So I don't think the problem is about too much humidity but about these two corners being too cold.

Any recommendations how I could get rid of the mold / make sure that it doesn't come back? Whenever the mold comes back (it is no problem in summer, but as soon it is colder it comes back...) I clean it with bleach and it is ok for a week or two but then it is back...

Proxima_Centauri · 11 December 2016 at 3:13PM

Have you tried the HG mould remover? It's about £5, and works very well to remove mould. They do quite a range of products, and may also have something in their range to prevent mould from re-appearing.

Mohawk_3 · 11 December 2016 at 4:39PM

Is it possible there is some kind crack in the wall under the window that lets rainwater in, and that's the origin of the damp?

RicardaRacoon · 14 December 2016 at 8:05PM

Sorry for the late answer.

Thank you for your advice, I will look for a mold remover who promises to keep it away for good and if it doesn't help I will get the landlord in to see if there is a crack in the wall. Hope can solve the problem alone...

nursemaggie · 14 December 2016 at 9:01PM

Think I have more of a problem, two walls in the bathroom all of the grouting the orange type, this in the shower where the wall is wet most of the time. I cannot reduce it nothing works, black type, the wash basin around the tap and around the outlet can clean off but back in a few days. The only heating in there is a very small wall fan heater gives virtually no heat. Housing association flat so cannot change. Have automatic extractor fan in both bathroom and kitchen. They switch on when no one is in there and has not been for hours.

Kitchen, a different type of mould eats into plaster, horrible. Can't clean it off.

We also have a dehumidifier, called a heating enabler. I use it for several hours a day but not at night. It is high on the wall almost ceiling height buy the front door. Can't call it a hall very narrow passage not wide enough for a pushchair. If I ever got really fat I would be stuck here. I have electric storage heaters and am supplementing it with an electric oil filled radiator.

Furniture in my bedroom and my clothes in my wardrobe very mouldy have some hanging things to absorb damp.

Homeagain · 18 December 2016 at 11:13AM

nursemaggie wrote: »

Think I have more of a problem, two walls in the bathroom all of the grouting the orange type, this in the shower where the wall is wet most of the time. I cannot reduce it nothing works, black type, the wash basin around the tap and around the outlet can clean off but back in a few days. The only heating in there is a very small wall fan heater gives virtually no heat. Housing association flat so cannot change. Have automatic extractor fan in both bathroom and kitchen. They switch on when no one is in there and has not been for hours.

Kitchen, a different type of mould eats into plaster, horrible. Can't clean it off.

We also have a dehumidifier, called a heating enabler. I use it for several hours a day but not at night. It is high on the wall almost ceiling height buy the front door. Can't call it a hall very narrow passage not wide enough for a pushchair. If I ever got really fat I would be stuck here. I have electric storage heaters and am supplementing it with an electric oil filled radiator.

Furniture in my bedroom and my clothes in my wardrobe very mouldy have some hanging things to absorb damp.

How awful, I think you should have the HA inspect the property.

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